Diagnostic Description
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Opercular spine present. Pelvic fins almost reach the middle of the ventro-anal length or extend beyond it. Greatest body depth, 20.5-22.5 percent SL (Ref. 31632).
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- Cristina V. Garilao
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9
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- Cristina V. Garilao
Trophic Strategy
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Zooplankton feeder which feeds intensively during the day (Ref. 28108).
Biology
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A mesobenthic-pelagic species living mainly above the bottom (Ref. 31632).
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- Cristina V. Garilao
Epigonus elegans
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Epigonus elegans is a species of fish in the family Epigonidae found in the Southeast Pacific on the seamounts in the Nazca Ridge.
References
- On the Revision of the Genus Epigonus, Rafinesque (Perciformes, Epigonidae): Species from the Seamounts of the Southeastern Pacific and a Preliminary Review of ... NV Parin, AA Abramov, Tr. Inst. Okeanol. im. PP Shirshova, Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1986
- Two new species of the bathypelagic fishes of the genus .. NV Parin, AA Abramov, 1986
- Abramov, A.A., 1992. Species composition and distribution of Epigonus (Epigonidae) in the world ocean. J. Ichthyol. 32(5), pages 94–108
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Epigonus elegans: Brief Summary
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Epigonus elegans is a species of fish in the family Epigonidae found in the Southeast Pacific on the seamounts in the Nazca Ridge.
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Habitat
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Known from seamounts and knolls
Stocks, K. 2009. Seamounts Online: an online information system for seamount biology. Version 2009-1. World Wide Web electronic publication.
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